George Reeves
Biography
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program titled 'Adventures of Superman'. His death at age 45 from a gunshot remains a polarizing issue. The official finding was suicide, but some believe he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting.
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Acting History
2023
Superpowered: The DC Story as Self (archive footage)
2016Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime as Self (archive footage)
2010Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics as Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage)
1999Television: The First Fifty Years as Superman (archive footage)
1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
1989The Story of Superman as Self / Clark Kent / Superman (archival footage)
1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy as Superman/Clark Kent (archive footage)
1956Westward Ho, The Wagons! as James Stephen
1954Superman and the Jungle Devil as Superman
1954Superman Flies Again as Superman
1954Superman in Exile as Superman
1954Superman's Peril as Superman
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as James Stephen (archive footage)
1954Superman and Scotland Yard as Superman
1954Stamp Day for Superman as Superman / Clark Kent
1953Forever Female as George Courtland
1953From Here to Eternity as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1953From Here to Eternity as Sgt. Maylon Stark (uncredited)
1953The Blue Gardenia as Sam Haynes
1952Adventures of Superman as Superman
1952Rancho Notorious as Wilson
1952Bugles in the Afternoon as Lt. Smith
1951Superman and the Mole Men as Superman / Clark Kent
1951I Love Lucy as Superman (uncredited)
1950The Good Humor Man as Stuart Nagle
1949The Adventures of Sir Galahad as Sir Galahad
1949Samson and Delilah as Wounded Messenger
1949The Great Lover as Williams
1949Special Agent as Paul Devereaux
1949Lights Out
1949The Mutineers as Thomas Nagle
1949Suspense
1949Suspense as Roger Sherman
1949Suspense as Bill Reed
1949Suspense as D.P. Bradford
1948Jungle Jim as Bruce Edwards
1948Thunder in the Pines as Jeff Collins
1948Jungle Goddess as Mike Patton
1948The Sainted Sisters as Sam Stoaks
1947Variety Girl as George Reeves (uncredited)
1947Champagne for Two
1945Time to Kill as Frank
1944Winged Victory as Lieutenant Thompson
1943Bar 20 as Lin Bradley
1943The Kansan as Jesse James
1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Tom Smith
1943So Proudly We Hail as Lt. John Summers
1943Colt Comrades as Lin Whitlock
1943Leather Burners as Harrison Brooke
1943Buckskin Frontier as Jeff Collins
1943Border Patrol as Don Enrique Perez
1943Hoppy Serves a Writ as Steve Jordan
1942The Mad Martindales as Julio Rigo
1942Sex Hygiene as Pool player
1942Blue, White, and Perfect as Juan Arturo O'Hara
1941Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941Man at Large as Bob Grayson
1941Lydia as Bob Willard
1941Blood and Sand as Capt. Pierre Lauren
1941Dead Men Tell as Bill Lydig
1941The Lady and the Lug as Doug Abbott
1941The Strawberry Blonde as Harold
1940Meet the Fleet as Benson
1940Father Is A Prince as Gary Lee
1940Always a Bride as Michael Stevens
1940Knute Rockne All American as Distraught Player (uncredited)
1940Calling All Husbands as Dan Williams
1940Argentine Nights as Eduardo Estaban
1940Ladies Must Live as George Halliday
1940Pony Express Days as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
1940Gambling on the High Seas as Excited Reporter
1940Torrid Zone as Sancho
1940Tear Gas Squad as Joe McCabe
1940'Til We Meet Again as Jimmy Coburn
1940Virginia City as Maj. Drewery's Union Telegrapher (uncredited)
1940Calling Philo Vance as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
1940The Fighting 69th as Jack O'Keefe (uncredited)
1939Four Wives as Laboratory Man (uncredited)
1939Gone with the Wind as Brent Tarleton
1939On Dress Parade as Southern Soldier in Trench (uncredited)
1939Smashing the Money Ring as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
1939The Monroe Doctrine as John Sturgis
1939Espionage Agent as Warrington's Secretary
1939Ride, Cowboy, Ride as Pancho Daminguez/ Sam Brenner